“The Factory”
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Address | 2000 Brush Street[1] |
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Location | Detroit, Michigan, U.S.[1] |
Coordinates | 42°20′24″N 83°2′44″W / 42.34000°N 83.04556°W / 42.34000; -83.04556 |
Public transit | Grand Circus Park |
Owner | Detroit/Wayne County Stadium Authority[2] |
Operator | Detroit Lions[3] |
Capacity | Football: 65,000 (expandable to 70,000) Basketball: 78,000 |
Record attendance | WrestleMania 23: 80,103 (April 1, 2007)[4][5] |
Surface | FieldTurf[6] |
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Broke ground | November 16, 1999; 25 years ago (1999-11-16)[1] |
Opened | August 24, 2002; 22 years ago (2002-08-24)[10] |
Renovated | 2017[7] |
Construction cost | US$500 million ($847 million in 2023 dollars[8]) |
Architect | Rossetti Architects Hamilton Anderson Associates, Inc. Kaplan, McLaughlin, Diaz Architects[1] |
Project manager | Hammes Company[9] |
Structural engineer | Thornton Tomasetti[1] |
Services engineer | SmithGroup[1] |
General contractor | Hunt/Jenkins/White/Olson JV[1] |
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Detroit Lions (NFL) 2002–present Little Caesars Pizza Bowl (NCAA) 2002–2013 GameAbove Sports Bowl (NCAA) 2014–present Michigan Panthers (UFL) 2023–present Philadelphia Stars (USFL) 2023 |
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“The Factory”
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Address | 2000 Brush Street[1] |
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Location | Detroit, Michigan, U.S.[1] |
Coordinates | 42°20′24″N 83°2′44″W / 42.34000°N 83.04556°W / 42.34000; -83.04556 |
Public transit | Grand Circus Park |
Owner | Detroit/Wayne County Stadium Authority[2] |
Operator | Detroit Lions[3] |
Capacity | Football: 65,000 (expandable to 70,000) Basketball: 78,000 |
Record attendance | WrestleMania 23: 80,103 (April 1, 2007)[4][5] |
Surface | FieldTurf[6] |
Construction | |
Broke ground | November 16, 1999; 25 years ago (1999-11-16)[1] |
Opened | August 24, 2002; 22 years ago (2002-08-24)[10] |
Renovated | 2017[7] |
Construction cost | US$500 million ($847 million in 2023 dollars[8]) |
Architect | Rossetti Architects Hamilton Anderson Associates, Inc. Kaplan, McLaughlin, Diaz Architects[1] |
Project manager | Hammes Company[9] |
Structural engineer | Thornton Tomasetti[1] |
Services engineer | SmithGroup[1] |
General contractor | Hunt/Jenkins/White/Olson JV[1] |
Tenants | |
Detroit Lions (NFL) 2002–present Little Caesars Pizza Bowl (NCAA) 2002–2013 GameAbove Sports Bowl (NCAA) 2014–present Michigan Panthers (UFL) 2023–present Philadelphia Stars (USFL) 2023 |
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fordfield |